logged onto the internet from school and it's LIGHTNING FAST! it's not the computer, or vista... phew. it must be something to do with our home wireless setup. that could explain why chris's nice new thinkpad runs really slow, too. (yet the old laptop runs much faster than either of these nice, newer laptops.)

green nano: not the right shade, but i did look at it. :) plus, i don't want to be THAT GIRL. i already have a green computer, green laptop, green binder....

dawn: i didn't see this til 12 hrs after the fact, by which time it was probably too late.

lesson: i learned my lesson, too, after my phone died and took ALL MY NUMBERS with it. what did i do? made a yahoo notepad and put everyone's phone number on it. not only is it backup, but it's also a quick internet-accessible reference anytime i need a phone number.

A small boy lived by the ocean. He loved the creatures of the sea, especially the starfish, and he spent much of his time exploring the seashore.

One day the boy learned there would be a minus tide that would leave the starfish stranded on the sand.

When the tide went out, he went down to the beach, began picking up the stranded starfish, and tossing them back into the ocean.

An elderly man who lived next door came down to the beach to see what the boy was doing. Seeing the man's quizzical expression, the boy paused as he approached. "I'm saving the starfish!" the boy proudly declared.

When the neighbor saw all of the stranded starfish he shook his head and said: "I'm sorry to disappoint you, young man, but if you look down the beach, there are stranded starfish as far as the eye can see. And if you look up the beach the other way, it's the same. One little boy like you isn't going to make much of a difference."

The boy thought about this for a moment. Then he reached his small hand down to the sand, picked up another starfish, tossed it out into the ocean, and said: "Well, I sure made a difference for that one!"